
The snowsuit guys! Jason Dolley, Nicholas Braun and Luke Benward starred collectively in Disney Channel’s Minutemen — and the actors have a deep appreciation for his or her roles within the movie.
“I’m strolling by top quality [on an airplane]. I see [Quentin Tarantino]. I’m like, ‘Oh my god, there he’s.’ And I had simply carried out this Disney Channel Unique Film,” Braun, who starred as Zeke Thompson within the family-friendly comedy, defined throughout an look on Jimmy Kimmel Reside! in March 2023. “And so this DCOM was referred to as Minutemen and so it had simply come out and there was an advert for it on the again of a Tiger Beat journal. And so I rise up to top quality and I take a look at him and he’s sitting on the window facet so I form of have to achieve over an individual and say, ‘Quentin, Quentin, I’m on this DCOM referred to as Minutemen and it simply got here out and right here’s the advert! That’s me!’”
The Succession actor famous that the commercial, which featured the longline “zero to hero,” was three guys — Braun, Dolley, and Benward — “flying by time as a result of they created a time journey machine” to go from “dorks to heroes.” It was a premise that the Promenade star couldn’t assist however share with the Kill Invoice director.
“So I’m like, ‘Quentin, that’s me on this film and I actually hope to work with you sometime. I believe you’re one of the best. That’s all I received,’” Braun continued, laughing. “And he checked out it prefer it was a torn piece of paper, and he was like, ‘I hope so too.’”
The 2008 cult traditional — which was directed by Lev L. Spiro — adopted Virgil (Dolley), Charlie (Benward) and Zeke (Braun), as they devise a time machine supposed to save lots of their fellow college students from embarrassing conditions. Nevertheless, when turning again the clock has severe penalties — together with being hunted down by the FBI and opening a black gap — they notice the world as they know it might be over.
Whereas the made-for-TV movie wasn’t a blockbuster hit, it has develop into a fan favourite over time — for each viewers and the actors alike. Whereas talking with Teen Vogue in January 2019, Benward mirrored on his time with Disney Channel and shared that his function as Charlie within the movie stays one in all his finest recollections.
“I performed the super-genius who created a time machine. I bear in mind I requested if I might go in [for the part], and my agent reached out and got here again and was mainly like, ‘They simply don’t see you for it. They don’t suppose you may play nerdy.’ I used to be like, bump that. I’m moving into. I’m going full in,” the Ravenswood alum shared. “I got here in with a butt half the place I slicked it again, I went all out, I’ll have even modified my voice slightly bit. Then I discovered that final minute, they’d somebody in thoughts and I got here in and Charlie Tuttled out. However I like that character.”
He added, “Disney match the mould a lot better for rising with my craft. It gave me room to discover, and I beloved it.”
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